Search Results - "ALDRIDGE, Simon"

Synthesis, structure and reaction chemistry of a nucleophilic aluminyl anion by Hicks, Jamie, Vasko, Petra, Goicoechea, Jose M., Aldridge, Simon

“…The reactivity of aluminium compounds is dominated by their electron deficiency and consequent electrophilicity; these compounds are archetypal Lewis acids…”
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Catalytic Borylation using an Air-Stable Zinc Boryl Reagent: Systematic Access to Elusive Acylboranes by Campos, Jesús, Aldridge, Simon

“…The use of borylzinc reagents in palladium‐catalyzed borylation chemistry is described (i.e. a boron analogue of the Negishi coupling), including a one‐pot…”
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Coinage metal aluminyl complexes: probing regiochemistry and mechanism in the insertion and reduction of carbon dioxide by McManus, Caitilín, Hicks, Jamie, Cui, Xianlu, Zhao, Lili, Frenking, Gernot, Goicoechea, Jose M, Aldridge, Simon

“…The synthesis of coinage metal aluminyl complexes, featuring M-Al covalent bonds, is reported via a salt metathesis approach employing an anionic Al( i )…”
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Fluoride Ion Complexation and Sensing Using Organoboron Compounds by Wade, Casey R, Broomsgrove, Alexander E. J, Aldridge, Simon, Gabbaï, François P

“…The complexation and sensing of fluoride ions via organoboron compounds is discussed. While fluoride in drinking water presents significant dental benefits,…”
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E-H Bond Activation of Ammonia and Water by a Geometrically Constrained Phosphorus(III) Compound by Robinson, Thomas P., De Rosa, Daniel M., Aldridge, Simon, Goicoechea, Jose M.

“…The synthesis of a phosphorus(III) compound bearing a N,N‐bis(3,5‐di‐tert‐butyl‐2‐phenoxy)amide ligand is reported. This species has been found to react with…”
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Probing the Extremes of Covalency in M−Al bonds: Lithium and Zinc Aluminyl Compounds by Roy, Matthew M. D., Hicks, Jamie, Vasko, Petra, Heilmann, Andreas, Baston, Anne‐Marie, Goicoechea, Jose M., Aldridge, Simon

“…Synthetic routes to lithium, magnesium, and zinc aluminyl complexes are reported, allowing for the first structural characterization of an unsupported…”
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Reduction of Carbon Oxides by an Acyclic Silylene: Reductive Coupling of CO by Protchenko, Andrey V., Vasko, Petra, Do, Dinh Cao Huan, Hicks, Jamie, Fuentes, M. Ángeles, Jones, Cameron, Aldridge, Simon

“…Reactions of a boryl‐substituted acyclic silylene with carbon dioxide and monoxide are reported. The former proceeds through oxygen atom ion, generating CO…”
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Cooperative Bond Activation and Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide at a Group 13 Metal Center by Abdalla, Joseph A. B., Riddlestone, Ian M., Tirfoin, Rémi, Aldridge, Simon

“…A single‐component ambiphilic system capable of the cooperative activation of protic, hydridic and apolar HX bonds across a Group 13 metal/activated…”
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Catalytic B–N Dehydrogenation Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Evidence for a Chain-Growth Coupling Mechanism by Mo, Zhenbo, Rit, Arnab, Campos, Jesús, Kolychev, Eugene L, Aldridge, Simon

“…The catalytic dehydrogenation of ammonia- and amine-boranes by a dimethylxanthene-derived frustrated Lewis pair is described. Turnover is facilitated on a…”
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Coordination and Activation of the BF Molecule by Vidovic, Dragoslav, Aldridge, Simon

“…No CO: Fluoroborylene (BF), isoelectronic with CO and N₂, can be trapped by a transition metal. The structurally characterized complex [{CpRu(CO)₂}₂(μ-BF)]…”
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A crystalline radical cation derived from Thiele’s hydrocarbon with redox range beyond 1 V by Loh, Ying Kai, Vasko, Petra, McManus, Caitilín, Heilmann, Andreas, Myers, William K., Aldridge, Simon

“…Thiele’s hydrocarbon occupies a central role as an open-shell platform for new organic materials, however little is known about its redox behaviour. While…”
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Enabling and Probing Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination at a Group 14 Metal Center: Cleavage and Functionalization of E–H Bonds by a Bis(boryl)stannylene by Protchenko, Andrey V, Bates, Joshua I, Saleh, Liban M. A, Blake, Matthew P, Schwarz, Andrew D, Kolychev, Eugene L, Thompson, Amber L, Jones, Cameron, Mountford, Philip, Aldridge, Simon

“…By employing strongly σ-donating boryl ancillary ligands, the oxidative addition of H2 to a single site SnII system has been achieved for the first time,…”
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A Systematic Study of Structure and E−H Bond Activation Chemistry by Sterically Encumbered Germylene Complexes by Usher, Matthew, Protchenko, Andrey V., Rit, Arnab, Campos, Jesús, Kolychev, Eugene L., Tirfoin, Rémi, Aldridge, Simon

“…A series of new germylene compounds has been synthesized offering systematic variation in the σ‐ and π‐capabilities of the α‐substituent and differing levels…”
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Transition metal boryl and borylene complexes: substitution and abstraction chemistry by Aldridge, Simon, Coombs, Deborah L.

“…In this article, an account is given of recent developments in the chemistry of transition metal complexes of boron. Particular emphasis has been placed on the…”
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Expanded-Ring N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for the Stabilization of Highly Electrophilic Gold(I) Cations by Phillips, Nicholas, Dodson, Tristan, Tirfoin, Rémi, Bates, Joshua I., Aldridge, Simon

“…Strategies for the synthesis of highly electrophilic AuI complexes from either hydride‐ or chloride‐containing precursors have been investigated by employing…”
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A molecular 'traffic light': highly selective cyanide sensing in aqueous media by a CpFe(indenyl)-functionalized borane by Tirfoin, Remi, Aldridge, Simon

“…The CpFe(indenyl)-functionalized borane {η(5)-(4-dimesitylboryl)indenyl}(η(5)-cyclopentadienyl)iron is available in two simple steps from organic precursors…”
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A Generic One-Pot Route to Acyclic Two-Coordinate Silylenes from Silicon(IV) Precursors: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Silylsilylene by Protchenko, Andrey V., Schwarz, Andrew D., Blake, Matthew P., Jones, Cameron, Kaltsoyannis, Nikolas, Mountford, Philip, Aldridge, Simon

“…Si in sight: A one‐pot, single‐step synthesis of an acyclic silylsilylene, Si{Si(SiMe3)3}{N(SiMe3)Dipp} (Dipp=2,6‐iPr2C6H3), from a silicon(IV) starting…”
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Reactivity of Boryl- and Silyl-Substituted Carbenoids toward Alkynes: Insertion and Cycloaddition Chemistry by Protchenko, Andrey V, Blake, Matthew P, Schwarz, Andrew D, Jones, Cameron, Mountford, Philip, Aldridge, Simon

“…Three modes of reactivity of phenyl-substituted alkynes toward acyclic tetrelenes are reported, with reaction pathways found to be dependent not only on the…”
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Reversible C−H Activation, Facile C−B/B−H Metathesis and Apparent Hydroboration Catalysis by a Dimethylxanthene‐Based Frustrated Lewis Pair by Vasko, Petra, Zulkifly, Ili A., Fuentes, M. Ángeles, Mo, Zhenbo, Hicks, Jamie, Kamer, Paul C. J., Aldridge, Simon

“…A dimethylxanthene‐based phosphine/borane frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) is shown to effect reversible C−H activation, cleaving phenylacetylene, PhCCH, to give an…”
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Synthesis, structure and reactivity of terphenyl-substituted germylium-ylidene cations by Mangan, Robert J., Davies, Alexander R., Hicks, Jamie, Sindlinger, Christian P., Thompson, Amber L., Aldridge, Simon

“…The first examples of isolable terphenyl-substituted germylium-ylidenes, [(NHC)(Ar)Ge]+, are reported. These are shown to be either mono- or dimeric in the…”
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